The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 17:7

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The other great eagle is, of course, Egypt, then under Apries, or Pharaoh-Hophra (Jeremiah 44:30). We note the absence of the "long pinions" and the "many colours" of the first eagle. Egypt was not so strong, nor did her sway extend over so great a variety of nations as Babylon.

To that eagle the vine bent its roots, i.e; as in Ezekiel 17:15, Zedekiah courted the alliance of Pharaoh, and trusted in his chariots, lie was to water the vine, which so turned to him from the beds of her plantation (Revised Version).

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